Alternate Realities / Fantasy
Escape into worlds where reality bends and imagination takes the lead.
This collection brings together stories set beyond the everyday—where love unfolds across alternate timelines, futuristic landscapes, and dreamlike spaces that feel just a little more magical than real life.
From subtle “what if” moments to fully imagined worlds, these films invite you to explore new possibilities, new identities, and new ways of seeing love and connection.
Because sometimes the most powerful stories are the ones that take us somewhere else entirely.
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MovieUpon Waking
Movie
When Irene and Molly, two young women struggling with personal demons, get carbon monoxide poisoning during their first date and fall into a coma, their disembodied spirits must learn to love one another and themselves to have a chance at waking up. (dir. Max Rissman, US, 2025)
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MovieRiot Girls
Movie
Set in a time where a mysterious illness has killed all the adults. The town of Potter's Bluff has been divided into two rival factions, the 'East Side', made up of scrappy scavengers living amongst the ruins, and the 'West Side', which hoards its wealth in the former high school and is ruled by ...
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Riley Parra: Better Angels
Movie + 1 extra
Detective Riley Parra grew up in the bad part of town, the crime-ridden No Man's Land. Now, as a cop in a corrupt department, she strives to make sure the rough streets she left behind aren't forgotten. One case leads her to the discovery that No Man's Land is a battleground between angels and de...
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MovieGirl King
Movie
With a fistful of fetish in every frame, Girl King is a sexy, swashbuckling, gender-bending adventure on the high seas. When a naïve baby Butch is taken prisoner by the infamous pirate Captain Candy, a hunt begins to find the Queens stolen treasure. In a world where men were men, and girls were g...
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MovieFor Izzy
Movie
FOR IZZY is a narrative feature drama filmed in a documentary format infused with elements of magical realism. It tracks the story of what happens after a retired divorcee, Anna, and her lesbian daughter, Dede, struggling with addiction move next door to a lonely widowed father, Peter, and his au...
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Riley Parra
2 seasons
Based upon Geonn Cannon’s popular book series, Detective Riley Parra grew up in the crime-ridden, oft-forgotten No Man’s Land. What seems like a routine homicide case, however, leads her to realize that angels and demons are real, and she is the champion for good in the fight of good versus evil.
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Night Waking (English Subtitles)
NIGHT WAKING is a dark sci-fi/drama centered on a queer family. The core of the story is the conflict between Ari and her wife Miriam: as the moms of two young children, they grapple with how to best be true to themselves, each other and their kids as they face an existential threat.
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Pheromone--Distance
“Pheromone” is an extremely fascinating hormone spreading the signal of desire as well as the magnetism to bring two lovers closer. Pheromone─Distance, Presenting a Conscious Imagination of the New Generation sexual or gender diversity.
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The Ash-Eye (English Subtitles)
Fanny and Lise, two young adults, have been a couple for many years. One night, a mysterious black object falls down in their lawn. After touching it, the two women lose consciousness. When they wake up, they notice strange physical transformations in their left eye and, disfigured, they will now...
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And Each Night (Et Chaque Nuit - Animated Short)
Since childhood, Lea has seen a ghostly deer loom about her. Now in a relationship with Maud, her visions are getting worse. How can she prove to her girlfriend, and to herself, that this is a real problem to be dealt with?
Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film
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Awake (English Subtitles)
Anna, who’s chronically ill, is visited by Doreen, a door to door proselytizer who makes herself at home and stays the day, slowly defrosting her non-welcome. Together, they walk in the park, bake a cake and watch an Ingmar Bergman film. Blind actresses Alex Bulmer and Margo Cargill star in this ...
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Persephone Mara (English Subtitles)
Memory, love, and mental health are explored in this hybrid-fiction-cinema-play about two adolescents named Persephone and Mara, who decide to escape from the world around them by none other than locking themselves away in an old projector room at the Cinematheque.
Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short...
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Post-Apocalyptic Potluck
Wendy hosts a potluck for friends just as the world comes to an end. Together, they work through the stages of grief
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The World Can Wait
Vic is a popular lesbian character in a hit television series. Her mission: to save humanity against evil. But when the Execs in charge of the show gather to decide her fate, she finds herself having to fight for her survival.
